Full-Scale Emplacement (FE) Experiment, Nagra participation in the EU project
Large Underground Concept Experiments (LUCOEX)

IFE Backfill Machinenvitation
to the presentation of the FE backfilling machine
on Monday 19th of May 2014 starting at 3pm and
to dinner in the evening, followed
by a one-day workshop on
bentonite material production & emplacement
on Tuesday 20th of May 2014
from 9am until approx. 4pm.

Location
The presentation and workshop will be
held in the facilities of Belloli SA
in Grono GR, Switzerland
(https://goo.gl/maps/jeU9K).

Please don't hesitate to contact Ms. Fankhauser (+41 56 4371 339 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you have any further questions or require assistance.

We would be pleased to welcome you in Grono!
Herwig R. Müller (Nagra), PM of the FE experiment
Hanspeter Weber (Nagra), LUCOEX work-package leader

Supporting Documentation
                      
 

The FE Experiment is a 1:1-scale heater experiment investigating the THM-coupled effects on the engineered barrier system and on the host rock (Opalinus Clay), which will be installed and run in the Mont Terri underground research laboratory.

Mont Terri Webpage : http://www.mont-terri.ch

FE Experiment - Backfill machine

Bentonite Block Pedestal Load Tests carried out at the Grimsel Test Site

FE Experiment - Bentonite Pedestal Load Tests at Grimsel